Chapter 40 40: Partial Truth (2 in 1)

Author: I really want to eat meat 597

Chapter 40 40: Partial Truth (2 in 1)

To understand these two things, we must first start with the most dangerous thing in the world - curse.

This time, Slade did not deal with Angie casually, but patiently taught her these basic knowledge.

In a foreign land, apart from the cursed black water that is visible to the naked eye, there is also an invisible curse.

It is like air, invisible and intangible, but it is real.

The moment people step into a foreign land, they will be surrounded by these invisible curses. If the concentration of the curse exceeds the limit that people can bear, various symptoms of discomfort will begin to appear.

These symptoms are simply divided into four conditions:

Mild discomfort, moderate discomfort, severe discomfort, and instant death.

Mild discomfort, including general weakness, increased physical exertion, easy fatigue, dizziness and vomiting, etc. In this case, people can still survive, but they will gradually lose vitality and may not survive for up to three days.

Moderate discomfort will be accompanied by systemic bleeding, strong body pain, and nerve pain, and the patient will not survive for a day at most. This is also the feeling that Anji experienced in the Silent Forest.

Severe discomfort, severe pain and bleeding all over the body, and rapid deformation and distortion of the body, leading to strong hallucinations. At this point, it is almost impossible to walk out of the foreign land alive. Even if you do survive, you will be left behind for the rest of your life.

of sequelae.

And the most serious thing is that the moment you step into a foreign land, your whole body will explode into a ball of blood mist, and you will die without even a trace left.

When Slade said this, Angie couldn't help but wince.

"This uncomfortable symptom should be related to the 'curse resistance', right?"

Slade nodded slightly: "The lower the resistance value, the stronger the symptoms. Therefore, those unexplored areas must not be visited."

Angie recalled the situation in the Silent Forest. No wonder her symptoms were more severe than Scott's at that time.

Seeing that Angie understood almost everything, Slade continued.

Although the curse is scary, for fearless people like Anji, it has another meaning.

Because they can strengthen their bodies by absorbing these curses.

The moment they stepped into the foreign land, their bodies were already silently absorbing the curse and undergoing some subtle changes that they could not detect.

After being strengthened by the curse, they will be more resistant to the curse, forming a virtuous cycle, allowing them to explore areas with a higher concentration of curses.

These are in line with Anji's understanding of the world, so she quickly understood these old knowledge.

But what Slade said next was something she didn't know.

In this world, everyone has a body and a soul. Both of them will absorb the curse at the same time, but at different speeds.

If the soul is strong but the body is weak, it may happen that the curse is absorbed too quickly and the body does not catch up in time. The body that cannot carry the soul will collapse and deform until it is completely destroyed.

On the contrary, if the body is strong enough but the soul is not strong enough, although it can be improved steadily, the speed of improvement will be greatly limited and it will not be much faster.

After listening to this, Anji was thoughtful.

No wonder Barton was so panicked when he discovered that she absorbed the curse too quickly. With his character, he probably had heard Slade talk about this, but had forgotten the specific content.

"That is to say...the soul determines how quickly I absorb the curse, and the body determines whether I can digest the curse?"

After Angie expressed her understanding, Slade smiled at her.

"It's pretty smart and makes sense. I rarely talk about these things to others because most people don't understand."

Anji felt a little uncomfortable being praised by the other party. She smiled awkwardly, and then continued to ask:

"Then why does using a treasure that increases the resistance value cause changes in the body?"

Slade thought for a while and expressed her personal understanding.

"Because it doesn't really help you improve your resistance to the curse, but helps you share part of the curse. Once it exceeds a certain point in time, it will absorb all the curses and return them to you. Although it will not kill you, it will

Let the body produce some changes."

Speaking of this, Slade hesitated. She and her closest subordinates already had inhuman characteristics, so naturally she knew better than anyone else what these "changes" really meant.

But after a moment of silence, she continued:

"But it also varies from person to person, so I don't know what will happen to you..."

Anji's expression changed slightly.

She didn't speak, just lowered her head slightly, as if she was deep in thought.

After a long time, Angie raised her head. She looked at Slade with a solemn expression and actually smiled brightly:

"Maybe it will develop in a good direction, right?"

Slade was slightly startled.

As if she didn't notice anything unusual about her, Anji continued in a lively tone:

"Maybe I can still grow the handsome dragon horns that I really want~"

This unexpected answer made Slade's eyes become a little complicated.

She turned her head and looked at the sky outside the window so that Anji could not see her expression.

Anji didn't speak again, she just sat obediently and looked at the soft carpet under her feet quietly.

Half of what she said was sincere, and the other half was to comfort the other person.

But she didn't expect that Slade's reaction would be so big.

The hall with these two people alone was unusually quiet, with only the occasional crackling sound from the fire burning beside it, making the place not too depressing.

After an unknown amount of time, Slade finally took action.

Anji, who noticed this, quickly withdrew his gaze and turned to look at her, only to find that the other party was staring at her silently.

The brief exchange of glances lasted only a few seconds. Slade's eyes gradually became serious and he said in a deep voice:

"From the moment you enter the foreign land, you only have seven days. You must come back within seven days, do you understand?"

Anji nodded silently.

Slade looked at the well-behaved girl in front of him, his eyes softened, and he said softly:

"Follow me."

Then, she stood up and led Anji through the long corridor outside the hall, heading straight for the huge stone door at the end.

This thick stone door with dozens of locks looks mysterious and weird. It is incompatible with the atmosphere of the rest of the palace and looks more like the entrance to a dungeon.

However, compared with this stone door that seemed to have an ancient history, the thick metal chains and padlocks on it looked brand new, as if they had been newly hung.

Under Angie's curious gaze, Slade took out a bunch of keys and unlocked the complex and intertwined locks one by one. In the end, only a huge, dark cube with no keyhole was left.

After putting the keychain back to her side, she raised her right arm and placed it against the surface of the black square.

After a slight metallic click, the heavy stone door slowly opened.

Anji looked inside and saw that the dark and deep stone room was filled with various items. Although there were several rows of wooden bookshelves neatly arranged inside, there were still many things scattered on the ground, including something that looked like a palm.

, "climbed" a few steps at the right time.

The girl followed Slade obediently, not looking at the treasures on both sides. At the same time, she paid attention to her steps to avoid stepping on those "crawling" things.

Looking back, I didn't know when the door behind me had been closed.

In the next second, Angie almost bumped into Slade who suddenly stopped.

She turned slightly sideways, stretched out her dark and slender arms, and took out an incomplete white helmet from the shelf nearby.

It was only larger than a palm, with only a tall, slender horn protruding from the upper right side. It looked very much like the skull of some kind of animal, but it didn't look like any creature known to Anji.

"This bone helmet can increase your endurance."

While saying this, Slade had already gently placed the small helmet on the right side of Angie's head.

The pain, as if countless fine needles were piercing her scalp, made Anji tremble involuntarily.

Sure enough, it's another evil thing...

Angie didn't say anything, but blinked in pain, and then she saw Slade staring at her. Under the dim candlelight, those dark eyes seemed not as cold as usual, but they were still elusive.

through.

Slade looked at the petite girl in front of him quietly for a while, and then slowly spoke:

"Come back alive."

Anji was stunned on the spot. After a few seconds, she managed to regain her composure. She bowed slightly and replied in a deep voice:

"As commanded."

Even so, Slade was still a little worried. After leaving the stone room, she took Angie to the lobby on the first floor, saying she wanted to test Angie's current resistance to curses.

The statue of the goddess that was moved away yesterday for the celebration banquet returned to the center of the hall again.

Angie glanced around and found that she and Slade were the only ones here, then she put her hands on it.
To be continued...